Does weed get you less motivated

[bigbangaz]

i know a friend of mine who is a heavy smoker who sleeps all day long doesnt want to go outside of home and smokes all day long got fired from is job and isnt willing to find another job.

 

[blackskirt]

MJ has been known to cause something called amotivational syndrome.

 

[Lazyscience]

i think its that unmotivated or lazy people smoke weed.

 

[blackskirt]

i think its that unmotivated or lazy people smoke weed.

Haha, that's true too.

 

[Korn3x]

MJ has been known to cause something called amotivational syndrome.

interesting post

and to the OP:

i would say that when i'm sober, i'm slightly less motivated, but i'm not sure if it's just placebo or not. when i'm high, however, i'm very motivated. it's like all my priorities are in line, and i know i have to go to the gym, play some basketball, hit the weights, etc.

i recently quit for like 7-8 weeks, and during this time i didn't really have much "me" time. it was like i was stressed all parts of the day, and i wasn't really spending my time like i wanted to. now that i started smoking again, i've already began to look up new dubstep songs (something i haven't done in the longest time), and partake in more activities in general that interest me.

idk i'd say weed motivates me in some ways, and doesn't in others.

 

[poak]

It really depends... Some strains makes me lazy and unmotivated while other strains make me energic and motivated.

If a normally motivated person starts smoking weed a few times a week, I don't think his/her motivation will be affected while sober.

If the same person smokes on a daily basis (multiple times a day) then I think his/her motivation will be affected.

From my point of view, motivation is affected from when the person smokes to when he goes to bed. So if a person tokes right away in the morning, he won't be as motivated for the rest of the day.

So the best thing to do in my opinion is to smoke once a day or less and smoke before bedtime (around 1-2 hours before going to bed) so you can enjoy your high and then go to bed and wake up motivated the next day.

 

[jam uh weezy]

sometimes when i'm slacking an dputting things off, it's usually because of my mind state and i'm feeling down. smoking will shift my mind and allow me to view things from a different perspective, and i get stuff done.

weed can also make me put things off till later, overthink, etc...

it's all about balance, in terms of what works or doesnt' work for you. individually.

 

[poak]

It really depends... Some strains makes me lazy and unmotivated while other strains make me energic and motivated.

If a normally motivated person starts smoking weed a few times a week, I don't think his/her motivation will be affected while sober.

If the same person smokes on a daily basis (multiple times a day) then I think his/her motivation will be affected.

From my point of view, motivation is affected from when the person smokes to when he goes to bed. So if a person tokes right away in the morning, he won't be as motivated for the rest of the day.

So the best thing to do in my opinion is to smoke once a day or less and smoke before bedtime (around 1-2 hours before going to bed) so you can enjoy your high and then go to bed and wake up motivated the next day.

Edit: I just read a few articles on the subject, and from what I've read cannabis only lower your motivation while you are high, so that amotivational syndrome is only experienced by chronic users.

 

[Tillianne]

It motivates me because it helps my pain so that I can do the work I need to do.

 

[Renz Envy]

Depends man, I've been on a few roads with weed.

The one hitter/one bowl - Wakes me up, Takes the edge off things in life. Definitely good before work or whatever.

Getting blazed - Don't want to get up from playing video games. Only go down stairs to use the refrigerator.

Face melt - Fucking sleep.

Your friend probably just likes smoking a lot of weed in each session. Which is cool and all, but you gotta watch your back on that. Shit catches up fast.

 

[whippa craka]

Yes, enough said.

I personally have experienced having my motivation levels dragged down because of regular cannabis use.

 

[hydrochron]

If I smoke a strong sativa my motivation level will go up. I think that if you just get high all day and stop doing normal activities you just burn out. That's not really the weed causing it, but kind of like the weed bringing it out of you. If you smoke and then still stay active its not going to hinder you. Its just when you stop doing shit and are just sitting somewhere. Then you have a problem. So the point of my message is smoke in moderation and try sativa to avoid smoking a day wrecker.

 

[Korn3x]

^^
yes i love some strong sativa.

when i was reintroduced to weed after my 7-8 week break, the weed i bought was good, but it was mostly indica. i was starting to wonder why i liked even getting high in the first place, as it really wasn't that good. i then bought some weed from my other friend, and it was like night and day difference with how trippy the thoughts were, and the overall euphoria produced from the bud. i was up and about jamming out to dubstep in my apartment, and the experience was so much better.

it wasn't until then that i finally remembered why i liked getting high lol. the type of weed makes a huge difference. if weed becomes legal one day, i think one of the huge plusses of it will be being able to choose what strain you would like to buy.

 

[zigzag'er]

ive been a heavy weed smoker for ages ! before i started, i used to play a lot of ice hockey and trained with a roller hockey when i could.. took up weed 3 weeks later, hockey gears on ebay lol.

i think. when you start smoking and mixing with other pot heads, you end up smoking more weed, more often... everyones been that baked you cant be fucked going to the toilet little own going out to a 9 hour shift . alot of stoners (like myself) will smoke all day, and wake 'n' bake before work fucks your day lol ! even if ive had a smoke in the morning i still feel lazy even after it wears off.

my weed use has made me a slower person, but it doesnt effect my work at all

 

[Artificial Emotion]

MJ has been known to cause something called amotivational syndrome.

When you post a link from wiki, it would help if you actually read it

While some have claimed that chronic use of cannabis causes amotivational syndrome in some users, empirical studies suggest that there is no such thing as "amotivational syndrome", per se, but that chronic cannabis intoxication can lead to apathy and amotivation. From a World Health Organization report:

The evidence for an "amotivational syndrome" among adults consists largely of case histories and observational reports (e.g. Kolansky and Moore, 1971; Millman and Sbriglio, 1986). The small number of controlled field and laboratory studies have not found compelling evidence for such a syndrome (Dornbush, 1974; Negrete, 1983; Hollister, 1986)... (I)t is doubtful that cannabis use produces a well defined amotivational syndrome. It may be more parsimonious to regard the symptoms of impaired motivation as symptoms of chronic cannabis intoxication rather than inventing a new psychiatric syndrome. [1]

A study done by researchers Barnwell, Earleywine and Wilcox[1] on a sample of undergraduates also suggests that cannabis use does not cause an amotivational syndrome. The e-mail survey showed no significant difference in motivation (as measured on the Apathy Evaluation Scale[2]) between cannabis users and cannabis abstainers.

 

[blackskirt]

When you post a link from wiki, it would help if you actually read it

I did read it, aren't you being a little quick to assume? I posted it because my doctor directed it to me a long time ago and I thought it was an interesting read.

It may be more parsimonious to regard the symptoms of impaired motivation as symptoms of chronic cannabis intoxication rather than inventing a new psychiatric syndrome. [1]

This part suggests that they are still undecided on the issue.

That aside, the point of this thread here regardless of that Wikipedia article is that cannabis intoxication is known to be associated with motivational impairment in some individuals.

 

[Artificial Emotion]

^ to be fair you should have used different wording than 'MJ has been known to cause something called amotivational syndrome'. Hence why I wondered if you'd actually read it, or at least understood it (actually by assuming you hadn't read it is actually giving you the benefit of the doubt if you think about it)!

Here you are saying it is 'known' to cause 'amotivational syndrome' (which conjures up imagery of lazy potheads being pathologically lazy even when not high) when all the article is saying is that people might get lazy whilst being high. Yes, it's called being stoned!

But don't call it amotivational syndrome in this context! Say pot can make you lazy whilst high or something to that effect. The two statements sound very very different.

You see the difference between lazy whilst high and being lazy constantly all day even when not stoned? The distinction needs to be made.

This part suggests that they are still undecided on the issue.

It may be more parsimonious to regard the symptoms of impaired motivation as symptoms of chronic cannabis intoxication rather than inventing a new psychiatric syndrome.

No, it suggest being stoned all the time makes the person lazy, not anything else. This is even worse than if you hadn't read it and had just claimed to have copied and pasted!

edit: and I also think people should try and break the habit of linking to wikipedia. If you must, dig around and find the sources cited in the wikipedia article (if there are any!).

 

[blackskirt]

Dually noted.

 

[Artificial Emotion]

It's nothing personal mate.

 

[xstayfadedx]

Depends on the strain.... some make me stuck to my couch others make me want to go on adventures.